Hyperemesis gravidarum due to thyrotoxicosis.
A case of hyperemesis gravidarum at 9 weeks' gestation is described for which no cause could initially be found. Intravenous feeding was needed as a life preserving measure and following improvement on this regime the patient went into a thyrotoxic crisis which was successfully diagnosed and treated. The continuing pregnancy and its outcome is described. The need for practitioners to remember vomiting as a presenting sign of thyrotoxicosis is stressed.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006939:Hyperemesis Gravidarum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013958:Thyroid Crisis / Q000188:drug therapy
D011433:Propranolol